Jay J  
Instruments: Trumpet, Trombone, Euphonium, Tuba
Styles: Classical, Marching Band

One of the pillars of learning that I hold to from my own experience as a private lesson student is the pursuit of excellence. I have been teaching individual lessons consistently for the last 8 years, and in that time I have learned that no two students are alike. I understand that each student requires my individual attention and focus and through that focus I make it a priority to learn how my student learns in order to provide the best, most fun experience they can have learning music and developing their skills. I believe that learning music can be compared to learning a language, sport, or skill; it requires consistent practice. Through developing a realistic practice regiment with my students, and providing a tailored instructional system for them I have seen incredible gains in student's personal acheivement and the realization of their musical goals.

For beginning students who are not musically literate, I emphasize a program that focuses on the aquisition of skills to read music proficiently followed by a basic program that helps students get the basics of their instrument down. For intermediate musicians, I focus more on taking their basic skills and expanding on them to help them discover new abilities and progress further in their musical development. This will include playing basic to intermediate solos, etudes to develp musicianship, scales (done fun!), sight-reading, and duets. For more advanced musicians, I focus on really refining their skills to make every aspect of their playing as excellent as possible. Part of these lessons is required recording and review of lessons in order to make huge gains in personal musicianship by being made aware of playing habits.